Replacing Blackstar’s HT Studio 20, this 1×12 combo carries a handful of features over from its predecessor – then adds quite a few more in the shape of footswitchable alternative voicings for each channel, emulated USB, headphone and XLR outputs, plus a switchable power output to facilitate driving the twin-EL84 power section hard at sociable volumes.
除了改装的复古风格外，控制面板还将其重新安置到机柜的顶部，以便于从站立位置进行调整时，可以更轻松地访问，就像许多用户肯定会一样。从左到右，有一个四分之一英寸的插孔输入，然后是清洁频道的音量控制。然后，我们找到Clean Channel的两位语音开关，用于选择Tonestack的基本字符 - 稍后再详细介绍。单个音调控制允许对选定的声音进行微调。
Next up is the OD select button. Like the voice switches, this can also be activated with the supplied two-button footswitch. As with the clean channel, we have gain, voice select and volume, but a much more detailed EQ section, featuring the usual bass, middle and treble, plus Blackstar’s patented ISF control, for advanced shaping of the midrange character. The digital reverb and master volume controls are positioned immediately to the right, followed by another switch for selecting either two or 20 watts output, then finally, the sturdy metal power switch.
后面板提供了类似的多功能性。在左侧的主电源输入之后，连接外部扬声器的可能性范围是内部设计的内部12英寸单元的替代方法。选项是单个八欧或16欧姆或双16欧姆，因此您可以通过两个4×12驾驶室运行此组合。
如果您希望通过直接进入PA系统来安抚声音技术人员，那么下一个将有一个XLR连接，可以在1×12或4×12驾驶室仿真之间进行选择。当使用附近发现的耳机输出时，这些也是有效的。MP3/线路输入有助于与背向轨道一起播放，然后是带有+4或-10 dBV级别开关的单声道效果循环，因此机架或Stompbox效果可以同样快乐地工作。在脚踏开关连接插座之后，最后是USB音频连接，与任何录制平台兼容，并提供带有混响的立体声柜仿真。
In use
发射干净的频道，声音One提供了宽阔的乐队，美洲风格的音调带有许多净空 - 尽管当用音量和音调控制努力时，它最终将开始在边缘分解。这里有很多可用的音调，通过良好的数字混响可很好地增强。
If edgier tones are what you’re after, press the voice button (or footswitch) and the bright-green light tells us we have selected voice two. The tone takes on a much edgier ‘British’ character, with added high mids helping to push the amp into a natural overdrive slightly earlier on the dials. There’s a wide choice of flavours available using both humbuckers and single coils, and it’s particularly gratifying to be able to access these sounds via the two-watt setting, at what could just about be considered bedroom levels!
Selecting the OD channel, the amber light illuminates, and we now have access to the gain and EQ section, really making the most of those two ECC83s in the preamp. Voice one offers a smoother, slightly lower gain range (though there really is plenty here for most applications), which can be comprehensively shaped via the EQ and ISF controls. There’s no presence control, but the treble and ISF do a pretty thorough job, so there’s plenty of choice when shaping the high frequency character and ‘cut’.
Selecting voice two ignites a red LED and the gain is moderately boosted; there’s extra high-mid detail and what Blackstar describes as a “looser, more aggressive sound due to reduced power amp damping”. We’d concur, but add that in practical terms, the net effect is very much like driving an older valve head with an overdrive pedal in the time-honoured style, so there’s plenty of focus for modern metal riffs.
Key Features
- PRICE£649
- DESCRIPTION2通道1×12安培，带有混合阀/固态前置放大器和阀功率放大器。脚踏通道/声音，混响，FX循环和模拟XLR/耳机和USB输出。中国制造
- POWER20 watts, switchable to 2 watts
- VALVES2x ECC83/12AX7 (preamp) 2x EL84 (power)
- 控制PANELVolume, clean voice, tone, OD select, gain, overdrive voice, volume, bass, middle, treble, ISF, reverb, master volume, 2/20-watt output selector
- REARPANEL扬声器出局（1x 16 OHM/1x 8 OHM/2x 16 OHM），MP3/线输入，扬声器模拟/耳机输出，效果循环发送和返回（带有-10/+4级开关），FootSwitch（包括两个按钮单元），USB音频输出
- 扬声器1×12英寸的自定义设计
- DIMENSIONS513 x 487 x 270mm
- WEIGHT16.1kg/35.5lb
- CONTACTBlackstar AmplificationBlackStaramps.com
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